The Brown Lands were a devastated region of Rhovanion. They were bordered by the Emyn Muil in the south, Mirkwood in the north, and the River Anduin in the west.
History[]
Historically, the lands were fertile plains where the Entwives gardens were located. The land was ruined by Sauron as a defense against the advance of the Allies, and the Entwives were driven away.[1] When the Fellowship traveled by boat down the Anduin during the War of the Ring, on the eastern shore they could see nothing but barren, withered slopes without even scrub or grass. The western shore was lined with reeds, and the land was flat with some patches of grass. Even Aragorn could not say what had caused such desolation. The only living things they could see were birds, though there were few. The Company also saw black swans - spies of Sauron - flying overhead.[2]
In adaptations[]
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth[]
The Brown Lands are a region in The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth. When choosing the forces of good in the game's singleplayer campaign, the region can be captured optionally. When playing as the forces of evil, the Brown Lands are under player control at the start of the campaign.
The Lord of the Rings Online[]
The desolate Brown Lands in The Lord of the Rings Online
The Brown Lands appear in The Lord of the Rings Online as a desolate, uninhabited region of grasslands and hills.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Bruinlande |
| Albanian | Tokat i murrmë |
| Amharic | ቡናማ መሬቶች |
| Arabic | الأراضي البنية |
| Armenian | Բրաունի հողեր |
| Assamese | ব্ৰাউন লেণ্ডছ |
| Basque | Lurrak marroi |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Буры зямлі |
| Bengali | ব্রাউন জমি |
| Bosnian | Smeđi zemlja |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Кафявите земи |
| Burmese | ဘရောင်းတိုင်းပြည် |
| Cambodian | ត្នោតប្រទេស |
| Catalan | Terres Brunes |
| Chinese | 褐色土地 |
| Croatian | Smeđi zemlja |
| Corsican | Terri Marroni |
| Czech | Hnědé Země |
| Danish | Det Brune Land / Brunemark |
| Dari | شهرستان قهوه ای |
| Dutch | Bruine Landen |
| Esperanto | Bruna Landoj |
| Estonian | Pruun maadel |
| Faroese | Brúnurland |
| Finnish | Ruskea Maat |
| French | Terres Brunes |
| Galician | Terras Marrón |
| Georgian | ყავისფერი მიწები |
| German | Die Braunen Lande |
| Greek | Καφέ εδάφη |
| Gujarati | ભુરો જમીનો |
| Haitian Creole | Peyi maron |
| Hebrew | ה ארצות החומות |
| Hindi | भूरा भूमि |
| Hungarian | Barnaföldek |
| Icelandic | Brúnlendir |
| Irish Gaelic | Tailte Donn |
| Italian | Terre Brune |
| Japanese | 茶色の土地 |
| Javanese | Bantala Coklat |
| Kannada | ಕಂದು ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು |
| Kazakh | Қоңыр елдерінің (Cyrillic) Qoñır elderiniñ (Latin) |
| Konkani | ब्राउन लॅंड्स |
| Korean | 갈색 땅 |
| Kurdish | Qehweyî Welatan (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Күрөң жерлер |
| Laotian | ສີນ້ໍາຕານປະເທດ |
| Latin | Terras fusca |
| Latvian | Brūnais zemēm |
| Lithuanian | Rudasis žemes |
| Luxembourgish | Brongen Landen |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Кафеава земјиште |
| Marathi | तपकिरी जमिनी |
| Malayalam | ബ്രൗൺ ലാൻഡ്സ് |
| Malaysian | Tanah-tanah perang |
| Maltese | Artijiet Kannella |
| Manx | Thallooinyn Dhone |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хүрэн Ландс |
| Nepalese | खैरो जमीन |
| Norwegian | Brunlander |
| Occitan | Tèrras bruna |
| Old English | Brūn Eardas |
| Pashto | نصواري ځمکو |
| Persian | سرزمین قهوه ای |
| Polish | Brązowe Ziemie |
| Portuguese | Terras Castanhas (Brazil) |
| Punjabi | ਭੂਰੇ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ |
| Romanian | Terenuri Brune |
| Romansh | Terra Bregn |
| Russian | Коричневые Земли |
| Sanskrit | ब्राउन भूमिः |
| Scottish Gaelic | Donn Fearann |
| Serbian | Мрки земља (Cyrillic) Mrki zemlja (Latin) |
| Shona | Shava Nyika |
| Sicilian | Terri bruna |
| Sindhi | ناسي زمينون |
| Sinhalese | දුඹුරු ඉඩම් |
| Slovak | Hnedý krajina |
| Slovenian | Rjave dežela |
| Somali | Dhulalka Bunni |
| Spanish | Tierras Marrones |
| Sundanese | Lemahna Coklat |
| Swahili | Ardhi Kahawia |
| Swedish | Bruna markerna |
| Tajik Cyrillic | заминҳои Браун |
| Tamil | பழுப்பு நிலங்களில் |
| Tatar | Коңгырт җирләр |
| Telugu | గోధుమ భూములు |
| Thai | ดินแดนสีน้ำตาล |
| Turkish | Kahverengi Topraklar |
| Turkmen | Goňur Ýerler |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Бурий земель |
| Urdu | بھورا زمینیں |
| Uzbek | Жигарранг тупроқлар (Cyrillic) Jigarrang tuproqlar (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Vùng đất nâu |
| Welsh | Tiroedd frown |
| Xhosa | Kumazwe Ntsundu |
| Yiddish | ברוין לענדער |
References[]
- ↑ The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter IX: "The Great River"